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إن الله لا يغفر أن يشرك به ويغفر ما دون ذلك لمن يشاء

Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills.

^{— Quran 4:48}

‏ ذلك جبريل ـ عليه السلام ـ عرض لي في جانب الحرة، قال بشر أمتك أنه من مات لا يشرك بالله شيئا دخل الجنة، قلت يا جبريل وإن سرق وإن زنى قال نعم‏

Gabriel said: Give the good news to your followers that whoever dies without having associated anything with Allah, will enter Paradise.' I said, 'O Gabriel! Even if he had committed theft or committed illegal sexual intercourse?' He said, 'Yes.'

^{— Bukhari}

يقول الله من كان في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من إيمان فأخرجوه

Allah will say. 'Take out (of the Fire) whoever has got faith equal to a mustard seed in his heart.'

^{— Bukhari}

And the support for this are the verses and ahadith on forgiveness and intercession and taking out of the believers from hellfire. This is already covered extensively on this site and elsewhere.

In the same way the Quran often uses words like 'wrongdoers' or 'criminals' to mean only the disbelievers.

And the support for this are the verses and ahadith on the possibility of forgiveness for everything other than shirk\kufr and on intercession and on taking out of the believers from hellfire. This is already covered extensively on this site and elsewhere.

In the same way the Quran often uses words like 'wrongdoers' or 'criminals' to mean only the disbelievers. As this is understood from the context and from the other verses and ahadith.

يثبت الله الذين آمنوا بالقول الثابت في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرة ويضل الله الظالمين

Allah keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word, in worldly life and in the Hereafter. And Allah sends astray the wrongdoers.

^{— Quran 14:27}

Strictly speaking, disbelievers are a subgroup of wrongdoers (Quran 2:254). However in natural language it is customary to use the name of a general category to refer to a specific part of that group. As an example in English, consider the sentence:

'The Americas won three medals in the Olympics'

Here it is typically understood that 'Americans' means from the country of USA and not all the other countries in the continents of America such as Canada, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico etc. Further it is understood that 'Americans' means some individual athletes from USA and not all the people of USA.

In the same way the Quran often uses words like 'wrongdoers' or 'criminals' to mean only the disbelievers.